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A 15-unit condominium project that will provide some sorely needed affordable housing to the town was unanimously approved by the Planning Board Wednesday night.

Maxwell Mays, a Providence-born painter whose whimsical depictions of Rhode Island made him one of the state's best-known artists and who combined a playful folk-art style with an encyclopedic knowledge of local history, died Monday at age 91.

A cool and wet growing season has been tough on the region's pumpkin crop, but David Frerichs is expecting between 30 and 50 growers to enter tons of pumpkins in the 16th annual Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Championship Saturday.

After living in tents for half a year, Roland Colpitts and Barbara Ferrara will move into one of the city's first-ever apartments for homeless couples.

The town has told the chief of the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe to order a homeless encampment off a Superfund hazardous waste site by Wednesday or face court action.

With their tents and their plastic bags filled with personal belongings serving as a backdrop, the leaders of the homeless community known as Hope City held a news conference under a bridge near the Providence River Tuesday to announce that they won't be able clear the premises as ordered by a judge.

The homeless occupants at Hope City have until noon on Wednesday to move from their spot beneath a former Route 195 bridge.

William Shatner is not coming to the Columbus Theater Thursday to introduce his film, William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet, and to accept the first Nathanael Greene Humanitarian Award from the Rhode Island International Film Festival .

Seven years ago, the state director of middle- and high-school reform said that he was appalled by middle-school test scores and added that he wanted to "run from the room screaming." The director, Ken Fish, said, "We will never have the high schools we want until we fix our middle schools." Fast-forward to today: 94 percent of the state's middle ...

With a dramatically overhauled Nathan Bishop Middle School set to reopen this fall on the city's East Side, a growing number of middle-class parents have decided to put their trust in the public schools.

Ch. Linn-Lee's for the Good Times, an almost 2-year-old Pekingese owned and bred by Erna G. Holcombe and Charlotte Carter of Morris, Ala., was Best In Show winner at both the April 25 and 26 dog shows sponsored by South County Kennel Club.

Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy North Smithfield Deputy Fire Chief Craig Beausoleil walks through the charred brush off of St.